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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-03
"OLO PROBs."
What He Knows About tho Crops this
Season.

What He Knows About the Crops this
Season.
WASHINGTON. July 31.-The Weather
Crop Bulletin of the Signal office for the
month ending July 80, say: During the
week the weather has been warmer than
usual from the Southern, New England and
Middle Atlantic States westward to the
Rocky Mountains, the average daily
excess being about three degrees. During
the eek there has been an excess OF rain
fall in the States bordering on the Atlantic
and East Gulf States, Minnesota, Dakota
and Northern Nebraska. These excessive
rains have been accompanied by severe
local storms resulting in injury to the
growing crops and retardng the harvest in
the Central Valleys and Lake region. Less
than the usual amount of rain and drought
continues IN the corn belt extend
| ing from Ohio westward to Iowa
and Kansas. During July the rainfall
was generally in excess on the Atlantic
Coast. Throughout the cotton belt. 10
the extreme northwest, portions OF the
upper lake region and in all that section
there has been less than the usual amount
OF rain during the month, and probably
less than one-half the usual amount
through the corn belt. The excessive heat
and absence OF rain throughout
the corn belt has affected this crop
unfavorably and reports from
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and thence west
ward to Kansas. indicate that the drought
has unfav orably affected the potato and
corn crops. In the middle Atlantic an
New England States the weather has been
unfavorable to corn, but the excessive
rains have not injured hay and oats. In
Minnesota, Dakota and Nebraska tht
weather has been generally favorable to al
crops, and harvesting is in progress as fa1
as the 47th parallel.
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TIRED OF HER HUSBANDS ABUSE.
A Long Strike Threatened.

PIrrsBuRG, August 1.-To-day inaugu-
rated what, from the present outlook, will
be a most serious misunderstanding be-
tween the Amalgamated Association OF
Iron and Steel Workers and the manufac-
turers. Already number OF mills in the
Mahoning Valley have been closed and
nearly 5000 iron workers are out OF EN-.
plnyment, while the indications are that
before many more days there will he many
more idle mills. The cause is an attempt
If the Amalgamated Association 20 enforce
an old law in their constitution which pro-
vides thot no man shall hold
TWO JOBS AT MILL.
At a recent convention OF the iron works
an amendment which stigmatizcd the
holder OF the two jobs as a "blackshop"
was passed, a nd it was decided to enforce
the law after August l. The members OF
the association who were notified OF the
action taken, as Il rule gave up their Jobs,
but the trouble arose over the non mem
hers " no refused to do 80 at the mills OF
Painter & Sons, the Mahoning Iron Co..
and Cartwright, McCurdy & Co., OF Youngs-
town. The mill owners r-fused to dls.
charge these men and the mills closed
,his morning. TIE same trouble
ia expected at the Solar Iron Works
| IN this city and at the iron works at Akron,
Ohio, and Girard, Pa. The manufacturers
refused to recognize the law on the ground
that it was not included in the agreement
of the scales of wages they signed. Both
sides are determined o maintain the stand
taken, and unless an amica BILE settlement IS
reached soon several thousand more mill
| workers will be out OF employ ment.
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How the seotchmen Caught on to B1sino's
Egregious Vanity.

A Scotch correspondent OF the Chicago
News pays his respects to Carnegie and
Blaine in q long letter from which the fol
lowing il an extract: "Mr. Carnegie and
his companions are very poor missiona riet
OF Repoblicanism. Continually on the alert
for opportunity to cram their doctrines
down our throats, they only make them
selves and all they represent nauseous
A Jesuit fit for his business is usually
silent, but they always faunt their fabby
hearts upon their sleeves and always shout
their shoddy shibboleths wherever there il
an ear to hear. For example. Senator
Blaine's opening remarks at Kinghorn, waa
that his audience might see something con-
trary and q little out OF place. at first as
pect IN citisen OF q republic being
engaged in raising a monument to q king,
The probability is that nobody had taken
the Senator so seriously as to give one mo.
msnt's thought to the matter. He was
under no necessity to excuse bimself, and
his doing 40 was mere eegregious selI-con-
seriousness. But he might have been ex
pected to deity achieve the task he had
gratuitousl. set himself at. instead of that
he carries bis vain introspection further.
On second thought he said he had recalled
that King Alexa nder III. had come to his
end before America was discovered. so his
obligations to the republic did not re-
strain him from doing that monarch
honor. An American Senator
complimenting the memory of Scottish
king ought surely to put US all under a
deep debt Of gratitude-that obvious
~ was Mr. Blaine's opinion. But it was
mistake. Scotland does not care whether
he is pleased to approve the founders OF
its greatness or is not pleased, and he need
not have troubled himself to make an
elaborate confession of his faith. 1t
could be wished that those who believe
with Burns that Scotchmen are commu-
nifty respectable and independent of all
outsiders would mete out to Mr.. Carnegie
q little Wholesale contempt"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-03
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
has left Sofia for Vienna to confer with
Prince Ferdinand.
General Feron, French Minister of War,
is preparing bill for the creation OF a mil
itary corps OF mountaineers for frontier
service.
San Francisco is INDUCING in a specula-
tive movement in wheat, the bulls and
bears being about equally successful to
date.
Tabler & Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn,
general contractors, have suspended; liza
biIities, about 100000.
During a storm at Saratoga, New York,
Yesterday several houses were struck by
lightning, and some loss of life is re-
ported.
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HOW HE GOT THERE.
Ont 1n1v S1-ROod1er N
ANGRY WATERS.
Floods Ruin the Valley and Threaten
Augusta, Georgia. -

Floods Ruin the Valley and Threaten
Augusta, Georgia. -
AUGUSTA, Ca, July 31.-The river com:
menced rising yesterday morning. and at
this hour 70 o'clock) it registers 33 feet 6
inches, being the highest since 1865. The
cotton and corn crops in the Savannah
Valley have been submerged and destroyed.
Hamburg is entirely under weter. and
the upper and lower portions of Augusta
are subme1 ged. The river is slowly rising.
and apprehensions are felt that the freshet
may result in serious damage to the city.
The foods have done great injury to rail-
roads. especially in Georgia. The dam
age to the cotton crop cannot be esti-
mated. No such destructive freshet has
occurred in twenty years. Telegrams to
the Chronicle from the Upper Savannah
Valley reports that all the bottom lands
are flooded, and the damage cannot be es-
timated, Continuous rains have fallen In
this country. No loss of life is reported.
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SAYING THEIR PRAYERS.
Pair of Horse Thieves Surrounded by
q Mtssouri-Nebraska Mob.

A Pair of Horse Thieves Surrounded by
q Missouri-Nebraska Mob.
LINCOLN. Neb., July 31.-A special dis
patch to the State Journal from Nebraska
City says that mob OF citizens from Craig.
NO., have couple of horse thieves sur
rounded in a forest in Iowa, sixteen miles
from Nebraska City. The mob had the
thieves surrounded in the rear OF Craig yes
terday, and battle ensued in which one OF
the mob wvs killed. The thieves then broke
away, but were again surrounded at their
present rendezvous. The mob thorough
" aroused and there is no doubt but that
the thieves will be promptly lynched when
taken. A mob of twenty men left HAM
burg, Iowa. late this p. m. to assist in the
CAPTURE and Nebraska City has just cent a
delegation of determined men, bent on
bloody work There is but little doubt
that the thieves will be taken and summar.
ilv dealt with before orping. journal
representative left for the scene OF action
simultaneously with the Nebraska City mou
and will report results at the earliest pos
sihle moment.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-03
Gold Wave Coming.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, July Ex-senator
Sherman will arrive here tomorrow morn
ino and will leave at noon for Montreal
at which point he will start over tne "a
madam Pacific Railroad for Puget ooono
He will be accompanied by Congressmen
Grosvenor and Thompson, OF Ohio, ane
CouoressInan Townsend and General J: >
Robinson, Secretary of the State OF In
nois. It is possible that this trip may b.
prolonged to Alaska.
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IN A NEW ROLE,

Jay Gould to Control tho Finances Of
Imperial China.
LONDON, July 31.-The Standard has d
dispatch from Shanghai saying: An
American silver king and Jay Gould,
through the Polish Consul Mitkiewitz, and
Viceroy Ii, have founded an American
Chinese bank with two hundred millions,
mostly American money. The bank will
receive and disburse all moneys of the I'm
perial and Provincial Governments and
have charge of the railway and telegraph
contracts, coinage, issue of bank notes and
the affairs If the War Department.. The
undertaking has created panic among
foreign fnanciers.
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This is Awful.

BOMBAY, July 3O.-The Ameer OF Afghan
istan has deposed the Governor OF fa'ssa-
hoda and tho commanding officer at Park
h.l for withholding from him intelligence OF
tha % rival of a force of Russian troops at
fnv Rndukhshan, in Afghan Turkestan; Two
Russian officers have arrived at Chitro',
snuth @ side Of Hindoo Koosh. They visited
Ahducoli Liketore, Ameer OF Bokharns,
brother near Tehowur, and afterwards To-
turned to Chitrol.
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blind Tom in Luck.

BALTIMORE. July 31.-Judge Bond, sit
t;no in the United States District Court,
Yesterday declared that Thomas W'gelns'
Known all over the world as Blind Tom,
the nianist, shall be delivered on or before
August 18th ultimo into the custody o'
Mrs. Eliza Bethune, who represents Charity
Virgins. the mother OF Blind Iom' n and and
charoe Of him, shall at the same time pay
over to Mrs. Bethune the sum Of $1,000
for his past services.
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For VIM, Henry Smith to Read

New YoRK, July 31.-Chas. H. Reed, the
brotber-in law and defender OF Guiteau,
who is alleged to have attempted suicide
nv jumping from the Pennsylvania railroad
ferry boat yesterday, still lies in the Belle
yue Hospital and the doctors say that his
constitution is so far undermined by high
l;v;no that serious doubts of his recovery
must be entertained. He is also suffering
from melancholy.
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Successful Hold Up.

GALvEsroE. July 3l.-A dispatch from
San Antouio to the News says: A report
has reached here that the outgoing and in
coming stages between San Marco and
Dripping Springs were ronbed last night.
Considerable booty is said to have been
obtained from rifling the mails and regis
tered packages. but no particulars are at
hand.
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DENVER, July 3O.-Word reached here
TODAY of q shocking accident which hap
nened at the White Ash mine: near Golden
Colo early this morning. Harry Jam'son'
o o,, Lnnwn miner. while making repairs
an VIM the stand pipe in the main shalt, lost @
~. b;s f fnot;np aud fell to the bottom, d's'
tance tai . Of six hundred and seventy 'ffS, H;:
striking several times on the way: n's
SaaS wss mashed b eyond recognition
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A FORGErFUL BRAKEMAN
Causes . Wreck and the Loss Of Three
Lives

~~00Oo "10CA 0uU INC AOBo Oh 10190
Lives
CONCORD, N. H., July 80.-A collision oc.
Cured at Hooke Set this morning between
the Union Pacific accommodation passen.
ger train which was nine minutes late and
the mixed train which was standing on the
siding. The passenger train, because OF
misplaced switch, ran into the siding and
crashed into the locomotive of the mixed
train, wrecking both locomotives and the
baggage and mail cars of the passenger
train. Many OF the freight cars on the
mixed train we're also wrecked. Brakeman
Fred Barney, of the Pittefeld train was
found under the cowcatcher Of the engine
of the passenger train. He was removed
with difficulty and carried into the freight
station near by where. after living in terri
BILE agony for half an hour, he died. Before
he died he said his fellow brakeman, Geo.
Saiter had left the switch open. Express
Messenger French WAS also killed and
several passengers severely burned.
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The Cotton Market.

New YORK. July 3O.-Following the drop
of thirty-six points in cotton yesterday
the market opened very feverish this morn
ing at the Cotton Exchange. The sales for
the short two and half hours session ag-
prepated TIE, ZOO bales, a good showing for
Saturday. The recovery began hall an
hour before the close OF the session. 1t
resulted from reports OF a drouth in Texas
and the Injurious effects OF excessive rains
in Georgia and Alabama. In the last hall
hour the recovery amounts to seven polnts
all along the line.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-03
Is He Conscience Stricken?

New YohK, July 30-Charles H. Reed
one OF the lawyers who defended Guiteau
attempted to suicide this morning by
jumping into the North river from ferry
boat. He was rescued and taken to the
Chambers Street hospital, where he is suf-
fe. ing from injuries inflicted by blow from
the paddle wheel of the ferry boat.
Reed has lost al his legal practice and is
reduced to great poverty. A few days q o
he was arrested br trying to rob till in a
saloon in Jersey City, but was not prose-
cuted. Reed was subsequently arraigned
at the Toombs Police Court. He said he
was drunk when he jumped into the river,
and did not know what he was doing. He
was committed to the care OF the Com
mission.rs of Charities and Corrections, to
be examined as to his sanity.
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Abbott West, Of Chesterton, Indians.
Accordingly they issued the following cir
cular today with picture Of the accused
which will be sent to every police station
in the Uuited States and Canada. Arrest
for murder Rev. William Thomas
Abbott West, alias Thomas Abbott. 81
years Of age, feet 6 inches high. with
dark auburn hair, dark brown eyes, full
square face and chin clean sbaven; stoops
slightly when walking, wears wine colored
spectacles, dresses like q clergyman.
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importing Yellow Fever.

PHILADELPHIA, July 30.-The ship Prince
Albert from Rio Janiero and the bark Car
RE L. Tyler arrived yesterday and are de-
tanned at the Delaware breakwater. being
infected with yellow fever. One of the crew
of the former died on the passage and sew
eral are now i'll. The captain of the Tyler
died of elbow fever at Matanazas. and the
mate and some of the crew were sent to the
hospital.
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Cleveland Going South.

WASHINGTON. August 1.-The details OF
the presidents trip to Atlanta have ben
arranged. The special train will leave this
city on Sunday night, October 16. and will
reach Atlanta on Monday night. The
president will spend Tuesday and Wednes-
day in Atlanta. He will be escorted
through Virginia by Governor Lee and his
staff, through North Carolina by Governor
Scales and his staff and through South
Carolina by Governor Richardson
and his staff, all OF whom will go
with him to Atlanta. At the Georgia
line he will be met by Governor Gordon
and staff At Atlanta he will be met by
the Governors and United States Senators
of the various Southern States. 1t is ex-
pected that he will spend Tuesday looking
at the exposition. and on Wednesday will
hold a public reception and make short
address. Three members Of the delegation
appointed to invite the President to visit
st. Louis some time this year arrived to-.
night, and the other members are expected
! to reach here early in the morning. They
will hold a meeting in the forenoon to ar
range with Colonel Lamont as to the hour
when it will be convenient for the President
| to see them.
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A BLAINE TRICK.
He Claims Credit for the Ohio Endorse
mont Of sherman.

no NAO1W8 NT0OAt 1OT Au0 OAlO A00OTB0.
mont of sherman.
TOLEDO. Ohio, July 3O.-Durine the Re-
publican State Convention here a report
was telegraphed out by special correspon.
dents that the opposition to the Sherman
endorsement was withdrawn because of a
telegram from Representative Boutelle, OF
Maine. The Blade this afternoon publishes
the following telegram, dated Bangor:
please deny the report of my interference
in your convention. 1 have sent no mes
sage OF any kind concerning it. (Signed)
Boutelle." The Blade editorially
says: I'VE do know authoritively that
the matter of asking an endorsement OF
Senator Shermap's Presidential Candidacy
at the Ohio convention was mentioned to
Mr.. Blaine prior to his departure to Eu-
rope by a prominent gentleman cf this
State and that Mr.. Blaine entertained a
lively hope that the endorsement should
be declared, that Ohio owed it to the
Senator" The mutual friend is under
stood to be Murat Halstead Of the Cincin-
natl Commercially Gazette.
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A Storm at Sea,

QUEENSTOWN, July 3".-The steamship
Etruria, which arrived here last night from
New York. encountered a violent hurricane
on Thursday. Mr.. Kemp, Of Illinois, a
passenger. was thrown about with such
force during the storm that one OF his arms
was fractured and his head badly cut. He
was removed from the ship on her arrival
here, and is now ut the hospital.
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A Grant Monument.

CHICAGO, July 51.-An lnter-Ocean Madi-
son, Wis, special says Jas. w. Drexel, the
New York banker, 10 q letter to Com
mander.in- Chief Fairchild. has rendered to
the Grand Army in perpetuity. the cottage
on Mount McG Gregor, in which GeneraiGrant
died. The trustees shall consist OF the
Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army,
the President of the Mount McGregor rail
road and such other persons as Mr.. Drexel
or his successor may name.
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Indian Land Agents.

WASHINGTON, July 3O.-The President
has appointed the following named persons
as special agents OF the Interior Department
to make allotments of land in severalty Tor
the Indians: Jas. R. Howard, Washing
ton. for Crow Indians in Crow reservation
in Montana; Henry R. West, Woodstield,
ior Indians on the Yankton reservation IN
Dakota; Michael c. Conneley, retefsooig, .;an T.
Oregon: L. Lightno, Nebraska, for Indians
on Sisseton reserva ton in Dakota.
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Big Boats sold.

New YORK, July 31.-The boats OF the
Monarch line of steamships between this
port and London, which were put up at
auction il the latter city some weeks ago,
but could not be disposed OF, we're sold
yesterday. There are five vessels in the
service, each 4O, 900 tons burden and $50
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Two Unlncky Mon.

PHILADELPHIA, July 31.-A party OF
twelve prominent business men started
out in a yacht this morning with the in
teution of cruising about the coast. When
off the lower part of the city a squali
capsized the yacht and all were thrown
into the water. All were rescued except
Thomas Kennedy and the colored cook.
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woukod-A Murderer.

ST, LOUIS, July 31.-Ths discovery OF
.rsenic in the liver of Susie Beck establishes
from the police standpoint conclusive
evidence OF murder and an almost uninter-
rupted chain OF circumstantial evidence in
their minds fixes the crime on Rev. Thos.
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ENGLAND and China.

LONDON. July 31.-The Commission OF
the Federation League held a meeting yes
terday and resolution was adopted al
firming the Importance Of British mail
service between Vancouver and Hong
Kong. The resolution will be submitted
to the Government.
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Fifty Thousand Starving.

BosroN, July 31.-The American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions re-
ceived q cablegram from the Treasurer OF
the Famine Relief Fund to-day at Con.
stantinopIe, saying that sixty thousand
people at Aedna have nothing to eat, the
number is increasing, aud other towns are
as helpless. Aedna is the center OF the
Cilician plain, ordinarily so fertile, but
this year absolutely barren on account o.
drought. A little over $4,000 has al.
ready been contributed in this country fol
the relief OF the starving people. and fur
ther contributions are greatly needed. and
may be forwarded to Langdon, South
ward No. / Somerset street, Boston
Gifts can be sent by teleg' aph, SO that ir
three days they will buy bread.
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The CrQps.

CHICAGO, July 31.-Ths following crop
summary will appear in this weeks issue
of the Farmers Review: The continued
drouth in many States has materially
dana ged the corn crop, where rains have
fallen. The injury is, however, not as yet
serious. The oat crop at this te is turn.
ing out as light as was expected.
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Garrett q Winner.

BALTIMORE, July 3O.-John A. Handle
ton 4 Co.. bankers, who have confidential
relations with the CARROTS, to-day issued a
semi-ofiicial account of the Baltimore &
ever contemplated selling the telegraph
property separate. They say that so far
Garrett has much the best of the deal, as
he holds 81, SOC, 900 of Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton stock, and $500, 900 in cash,
all of which he obtained from the Ives
party.
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Rack to Work.

NEW YORK, July 8O.-About 200 OF ene
'longshoremen, who were oue On ene - s .h;s
10 National line, returned to work this
,oronoon at the old rates. after superih'
,orenUA .ondent Andrews had discharged tho cor CO..
orad eep' non.union men who had be been lem EN-,
e''eued o,eu a0 All the ole hands will be taken
hock as vacancies occur.
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Ua11 II IA Another Fraud.

TORONTO, Ont, July 3o.-Hanlan has
acceuted Teemers challenge to row a three
mile race for 81, 900 side. The race to
he rowed on Toronto Bay August II. or Ii.
Haplon leaves for Australia on the fifteenth
to row Beach.
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BETHESDA.
SODA SPRINGS WATER.
THE HOTEL PROPERTY

is one of the finest have ever seen any
where in the wild west. The building ex-
teriorly is a beauty and Joy t" the be-
holder. venturesthe assertion that there
can no where be found a hotel OF only
FORTY six rooms with so many attractive
apartments as this one. The finish and
furniture are fine. Walnut, maple and
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The Doctors Must Pay.

WAsHsNa7oS, July 3O.-The local COM
mittee charged with making arrangements
for the International Medical Congress to
be held in Washington in September, has
issued a circular to the medical profession
generally, asking for contributions toward
defraying the expenses. Contributions
have been already received aggregating
S.. 1000. DR.. Hamilton. Surgeon. General,
greatest meeting of the medical profession
ever held and that it will be attended by
the leading physicians OF all parts OF the
world"